Putting the Work Ethic to Work.

Yankelovich, Daniel; Immerwahr, John

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Publication Date: 1984

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Putting the Work Ethic to Work.

Yankelovich, Daniel; Immerwahr, John

Society, v21 n2 p58-76 Jan-Feb 1984

Discusses job discretion (the degree of worker autonomy) and the American "work ethic" in a historical context and in regard to the current shift from a manufacturing economy to one based on information services and new technologies. (ML)

Descriptors: Incentives, Industrialization, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction, Job Simplification, Personal Autonomy, Productivity, United States History, Work Attitudes, Work Environment

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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